Davis-Besse to repair cracking indication

Washington (Platts)--27Mar2006

Davis-Besse will perform a weld overlay on an indication of cracking in a
cold-leg drain line for a reactor coolant pump later this week, but the work
is not expected to delay the unit's ongoing refueling and maintenance outage,
Richard Wilkins, a spokesman for operator FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co.,
said today. Since the indication of axial cracking was discovered March 21,
Fenoc has taken radiographs of the indication and checked the rest of the
cold- and hot-leg lines to the pump, Wilkins said. He said Fenoc would proceed
with the repair although it wasn't clear there actually was cracking in the
line. The outage, which began March 6, is still scheduled to end in mid- to
late April, he said.

 

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